Re: EyeGlass prescription statistics

On Nov 21, 4:55 pm, Richard J Kinch <ki...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Helpful person writes:
It seems to me that your problem is more concerned with the large
number of diferent frames and faces than the number of blanks you need
to keep in stock for different prescriptions.

The mall store does it in an hour. How hard can it be?

It's not hard but it requires an investment in expensive machinery and
trained personnel. The original poster implied that they were on a
budget.
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